Articles filed under Associated Press
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UAE plate sells for $14 millionFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- A license plate with nothing but the number "1" on it went for a record $14 million at a charity auction Saturday. Saeed Khouri, a mem...
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Late 6-point lead slips away from UICFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Cooper Land made 2 free throws with seven seconds remaining to push host Wright State past Illinois-Chicago 52-51 Saturday night. UIC's Flames (14-12, 8-7 Horizon League...
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Oprah Winfrey plug makes business book a Web sensationFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books. More than 1 million copies of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" were downloaded after the announcement la...
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DeKalb church services offer prayers for NIU shooting victims, familiesFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Churchgoers are remembering the victims of the Northern Illinois University shooting rampage with prayers and support for the school and family members. At First Bapt...
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UIC senior arrested for alleged e-mail threatsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Police say they have arrested a 24-year-old University of Illinois-Chicago senior after she allegedly sent out e-mails threatening violence on the UIC campus. University...
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8 dead, at least 5 hurt when car plows into street racing crowdFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - ACCOKEEK, Md. -- A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch a drag race on a suburban road early Saturday, killing eight people and injuring at least five, pol...
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Man arrested in therapist's slayingFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A 39-year-old man with a history of mental problems was arrested Saturday in the vicious slaying of a psychologist attacked in her office with a meat cleaver...
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McCain edges closer to winning GOP nodFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. -- Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana S...
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Stewart driven to (calmly) succeedFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Swarmed by the autograph-seekers who often have caused him angst, Tony Stewart patiently made his way to his car Saturday for one final practice b...
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Cardinal appoints nun as new head of Chicago diocesan schoolsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Cardinal Francis George says he has named Sister Mary Paul McCaughey, president of Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, as superintendent of schools for the R...